magnumenthused
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Hi guys. Be forewarned, this is a long post. Please read when you're not in a rush...
Awhile back I posted on here asking some information about a .357 magnum I was soon to receive as a hand-me-down gift from my father. I now have that magnum, it's a wonderful gun, and in my eyes a very effective home defense weapon. But last night I pulled a majorly foolish play. Best I can tell so far, there were (thank God) no tragic or really damaging results (other than a hole in the wall), but I would like input on it...
Last night I put my .357 under my pillow per usual, as it is my defensive firearm. However like a complete idiot, I was trying to test my reaction time, acting as if someone broke in. I've done this before, and I believe due to an underlying worry because I've never had to stop someone breaking into my home, and therefore wondering if I would be quick enough should that happen. I have always grown up properly around firearms, and have a long track record of using them very safely/frowning upon those who don't, except this action I describe here in recent times, which I'm not particularly proud of. I'm considering a self-defense course to learn how to properly handle such a situation, instead of guessing at it.
Anyway, so I proceeded with this extreme bonehead play of testing my reaction time, but unlike before, this time when I cocked the hammer and placed my finger on the trigger, in my tired state I fired the weapon. I'm shocked my roommate didn't wake up asking me what the **** just happened. I got up, turned the light on, and looked for what I shot, and I shot a hole thru the wall about 2 to 3 inches above the floor. I am on the 2nd floor in a 3 story apartment building.
I went outside and looked at the building. The bullet of course had gone through (details on the ammunition and firearm will follow this story). So I checked several cars in the parking lot then and even today and there seem to be no broken windows or other damage. And no ambulances or anything have come to the complex or some nearby place. Only one round was fired.
The input I'm looking for is how possible it is that someone got hurt in another apartment building, or that something was damaged. Here is the info I can provide...
Firearm: Taurus .357 model 66 hunting revolver, 6" non-vented barrel, black rubber grips, 6 shot, double action.
Ammunition: .357 case, low-power .38 target load. Semi-wadcutter all-lead bullet (the sort that looks like the conical tip is a dunce cap with the top half cut off) with a proper .7cc measurement of Hercules Red Dot powder, Winchester primer.
What is the chance that after going through the wall, it could have still travelled approximately the distance of a football field or more and still gone through another wall, either brick or siding?
I'm just deeply concerned that someone may have gotten hurt or killed at worst, or that other property damage beyond the hole in my wall was done. This definitely taught me a lesson to not fool around like such a moron again. Any input?
TIA,
Daniel
Awhile back I posted on here asking some information about a .357 magnum I was soon to receive as a hand-me-down gift from my father. I now have that magnum, it's a wonderful gun, and in my eyes a very effective home defense weapon. But last night I pulled a majorly foolish play. Best I can tell so far, there were (thank God) no tragic or really damaging results (other than a hole in the wall), but I would like input on it...
Last night I put my .357 under my pillow per usual, as it is my defensive firearm. However like a complete idiot, I was trying to test my reaction time, acting as if someone broke in. I've done this before, and I believe due to an underlying worry because I've never had to stop someone breaking into my home, and therefore wondering if I would be quick enough should that happen. I have always grown up properly around firearms, and have a long track record of using them very safely/frowning upon those who don't, except this action I describe here in recent times, which I'm not particularly proud of. I'm considering a self-defense course to learn how to properly handle such a situation, instead of guessing at it.
Anyway, so I proceeded with this extreme bonehead play of testing my reaction time, but unlike before, this time when I cocked the hammer and placed my finger on the trigger, in my tired state I fired the weapon. I'm shocked my roommate didn't wake up asking me what the **** just happened. I got up, turned the light on, and looked for what I shot, and I shot a hole thru the wall about 2 to 3 inches above the floor. I am on the 2nd floor in a 3 story apartment building.
I went outside and looked at the building. The bullet of course had gone through (details on the ammunition and firearm will follow this story). So I checked several cars in the parking lot then and even today and there seem to be no broken windows or other damage. And no ambulances or anything have come to the complex or some nearby place. Only one round was fired.
The input I'm looking for is how possible it is that someone got hurt in another apartment building, or that something was damaged. Here is the info I can provide...
Firearm: Taurus .357 model 66 hunting revolver, 6" non-vented barrel, black rubber grips, 6 shot, double action.
Ammunition: .357 case, low-power .38 target load. Semi-wadcutter all-lead bullet (the sort that looks like the conical tip is a dunce cap with the top half cut off) with a proper .7cc measurement of Hercules Red Dot powder, Winchester primer.
What is the chance that after going through the wall, it could have still travelled approximately the distance of a football field or more and still gone through another wall, either brick or siding?
I'm just deeply concerned that someone may have gotten hurt or killed at worst, or that other property damage beyond the hole in my wall was done. This definitely taught me a lesson to not fool around like such a moron again. Any input?
TIA,
Daniel